Appraisal of patient-level health economic models of severe mental illness: systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare decision makers require accurate long-term economic models to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of new mental health interventions.

Aims

To assess the suitability of current patient-level economic models to estimate long-term economic outcomes in severe mental illness.

Method

We undertook pre-specified systematic searches in MEDLINE, Embase and PsycINFO to identify reviews and stand-alone publications of economic models of interventions for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder (PROSPERO: CRD42020158243). We screened paper titles and abstracts to identify unique patient-level economic models. We conducted a structured extraction of identified models, recording the presence of key predefined model features. Model quality and

SUBMITTER: Altunkaya J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7612275 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature